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Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1959-06-05

Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1959-06-05, page 01

COLUMBUS EDITION
Serving CoiumiDus. Dayton and Central Ohio Jewish Communr.
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COLUMBUS EDITION
VoL 37, No. 23
FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1959
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0»v«t«d to Articriun and Jewiih Idaali
New Orleans Lawyer Elected President 01 B'nai B'rith
HAVE YOU PAID YOUR 1!).59 PLEDGE?
Justice Wlllliun O. Douglas, left, of tho U.a Supreme Court, and Yaacov Horaog, Israel's minister plenipotentiary to the U.S., will be among tho principal sij'ealcors at the National Cash
NEARLY 70 PER GENT OF UJA PLEDGES CONVERTED TO CASH IN FIRST MONTH
NEW YORK- A total of $27,- 750,000 in caah haa been raiaed as of May 30 in the United Jewlah Appeal's national effort to raise .$40 million In cash on 1959 UJA pledges, Melvin Dublnaky, of St. Louis, chairman of the UJA'a Na¬ tional Cash (Committee announced today.
The UJA Nationai Cash Cam¬ paign began May 1, Mr. Dubinsky explained, and will continue until the start of the two-day National Cash Conference Juno 20-21 at tho Hotel Roosevelt in New York City. At that time hundreds of delegatoa from all parts of the United Statea will report on the results of the cash drivea cur¬ rently being conducted In their own local communitlea.
The program will alao feature a dramatic presentation about the birth and development of larael, with noted atars of atage, screen and TV in the cast.
Discussing the results of the National Cash effort to date, Mr. Dubinsky said, 'We are at slightly more than the half-way point In time, and we've already collected aome $27,750,000 at the end ot May. This allows three weeks in June to convert another $12,250,000 In 1959 pledges Into cash. It can be done If we all atay with the job right down to the finish line."
(Commenting on Mr. Dublnsky's report, Mr. Berinstein said: "Mr. Dubinsky has good reason to re- express this confidence, for at the pace that has been act in the cash collections during May, con-
(!onferencc of tho I'nited Jewish Appeal, to be held June 20-21 at the Roosovelt Hotel in New York City.
tinued and Increased effort in the few remaining weeks ahead will enable us to meet our goal in time for the National Cash con¬ ference."
Mr. Bortnatcin Jiaid that of the many hundreds of communitlea ovor the nation who had already organized and initiated their cosh collection drives, a number of thom have reached quotas, or aro close to reaching them.
Weat Palm Beach, l^la.. made 126 por cent of its goal, and Read¬ ing, Pa., wa.s 250 per cont of Its goal.
"Wo are in a better position to press for cash in the tour weeks ahead than in the tnonth through which we conducted the first half of the cash drive," Mr. Dubinsky explained.
Senate Approves Reid As Envoy
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Senate Foreign Relations Com¬ mittee confirmed by a vote of 10 to 4 thia week the nomination of Ogden R, Reid aa United Statea Ambasaador to larael. No obsta- clea are expected when the nom¬ ination comes before the Senate for final confirmation.
The four negative votes were cast by ohairman Wllliatri Ful¬ bright of tho committee and three other Democrats, Theodore F. CJreen of Rhode Island, Ruaaell B. Long of Louisiana, and John F. Kennedy of Maasachusetta. Three other Democrats did not vote. Sen. Mike Man.sflold of Montana waa absent and Senators Frank Church of Idaho and John J. Sparkman of Alabama abatained.
Senators Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota, Wayne Morse of Ore¬ gon, Albert Gore of, Tenneasee and Frank Lausche of^ Ohio, the other four Democrats on the com¬ mittee, joined the alx Republican
¦ (Copyright, 1950, .ITA, Inc.) JERUSALEM--TTie 1300 dele¬ gates to the flrat B'nai B'rith con¬ vention In Israel thia week picked Label A. Katz of New Orleans to succeed Philip M. Klutznick of Foreat Park, Til., aa their new international preaident. Herman Feinberg of Plttaburgh was Katz' only opponent for the office.
One of the highlights of the convention waa a debate between Klutznick and Prime Minister David Ben Gurion, In which Klutznick apurned all feara and predictions of doom for Jewish communities outside of Israel, and in which the Prime Mlnlater, apeaking after Klutznick, ex- preaaed hia polite but firm dis¬ agreement.
THE DIQLEIGATKS appealed to the Rumanian government to "continue ita humanitarian policy of permitting the emigration of thoae wishing to join their fami¬ lies." Another resolution estab¬ lished a $300,000 specied fund to expand the order's Jewlah adult education programs to deepen the knowledge of both past and present Jewish communities.
The resolution urged B'nai B'rith membera to Increase their efforts to learn Hebrew which should alao, according to the reao¬ lutlon, be a part of B'nal B'rith adult education programa.
A 21-member B'nal B'rith Inter¬ national (Ttouncil was established by the dciegates to coordinate activities among B'nai B'rith af¬ flliatea in 37. countries. Retiring president Klutznick waa expected to be chosen aa chairman of the new Internationai Oiuncll.
HE WAS PRAISED by the con¬ vention for hja "courageoua an¬ alyais of the relationships be-
"Many communities have nowU^,er„bora in voting for the nom-
comploted their campaigns and are in a position to conduct active efforts to bring In caah," he aaid. In 1959 the United Jewish Ap¬ peal l.s conducting ii two-fold campaign. The UJA $100 million Special Fund ia to cover the coata of transporting and resettling newcomers Into the economy of Israel. The regular drive for $106,065,000 provides funds for the world-wide programa of UJA's constituent agencies - the United Israel Appeal, the Joint Diatribution Committee, and the New York Aasociation for New Americans.
Confirmation Sunday At Agudas Achiin
Qmflrmation aervlcea at Agudas Achim O)ngregatlon will be held Sunday, June'7 at 10:30 a.m. Rich¬ ard Risher Is principal of tho Religious School and Mrs. Samuel W. Rubenatein Is the (Confirma¬ tion (Claaa teacher. Mra. Jacob Yavitch Is the piano accompianlst for the aervlcea.
The cantata, "Pledge At Sinai," will be preaented by the confir¬ mands. Awards slated to be pre¬ sented are the Rabbi Morris N. Taxon Memorial Award and the Rose Luper Memorial Award.
Immediately following the serv¬ ices a reception honoring the confirmands will be held In the social hall.
WINS FELLOWSHIP
NEW YORK (AJP)—Nira Ru¬ bin, an Israeli Barnard College scholarship student, has won a student Medical Research Fel¬ lowship at the New York Medical Center. One of six U.S. atudents to win such a Fellowship, Nlra Is the daughter of Dr. Jacob Rubin, UN correspondent for "Haboker" dally.
RabbJnJcSI'l Group Schedules Convention
Rabbi Emanuel Rackman, pres¬ ident of the Rabbinical Councll of America, representing 750 spiritual leaders with more than 1 million congregants in the United States and Canada, has announced the appointment of Rabbl Abraham N. AvRutIck of (Congregation Agudaa Achlm of Hartford, Conn., aa chairman of the 23rd annual nationai conven¬ tion of the organization.
The convention will be held from June 29 to July 2 at the Pine View Hotel in Fallaburg, N.Y.
Rabbl AvRutIck la one of the moat prominent members of tho Orthodox Rabbinate In the United States, He is a graduate of the Yeahiva Univeraity, formerly was vice preaident of the Rabbinical (Council of America and flrat prea¬ ident of the Rabbinical (Council of Coivnoeticut.
SYNAOOOUE CXIN.SECRATED
BONN (JTAl -A new, modern synagogue to replace one that was destroyed by the Nazia during the Infamous "(Crystal Night" of 1938, waa conaecrated here this week.
Ination.
ISRAEL DONDS OFFICE REOPENS; SUCCESS REPORTED
The Israel Bonds office in Columbus has ro-opened In Rooma 835-831 of the Deshler-Hllton Ho¬ tel a lin, according to Leonard Brooua, manager of the local of¬ fice. The phone number remalna CA. 1-3653.
Mr. Brooks has juat returned from 10 weeks of conducting drives in small town areaa. And, he reporta enthusiastically, each area waa subatantlally ahead of laat year.
For example, 1H3 purchasers In Johnstown, Pa., bought $85,000 in larael Bonds. Last year, the total was $65,000, Mr. Brooka reported.
In Lima, O., 460 families pur¬ chased $20,050 In Bonds, $18,000 of which waa paid for In cash. There has not been an Israel Bond cam¬ paign in Lima for four years.
Mr. Brooks alao conducted drives In Marlon and Zaneaville, O. Thoae also were aucceasful, he commented.
An Important event ia upcoming for the Columbus area In connec¬ tion with Israel Bonda. But more about that next week. Watch The Chronicle for the announcement.
Mr. Kate
tween the Jewa of Israel and the Jewa of other countrlea," a refer¬ ence to his address rejecting pre¬ dictions of doom for Jewlah com¬ munities outalde of Israel.
The new president has a lengthy record of Jewish communal serv¬ ice, including membership on the national campaign cabinet of the United Jewish Appeal. He is a member of tho executive conunit¬ tee of the (Council of Jewish Fed¬ erations and Welfare Funds. Hois also active in various other Jewish organizations.
BEN GURION told the pre¬ dominantly American audio nee that he frankly disagreed with both American Zioniats and the B'nai B'rith on the iaaues of American emigration to larael.
He aaid that while what. hap¬
pened to European Jewry in the Hitler holocauat would never hap¬ pen in America, "there la a dan¬ ger that Judaiam in America will experience a 'kias of death' be¬ cause there is a lack of Jewlsh¬ ness, because of the minority status of American Jewry, and alao because of Its economic status."
The Prime Minister said the "only way to avert" this fate was to strengthen American Jewish links with Israel. He urged B'nal B'rith to aupport the building of the "three pillars required for the unity of the Jewish people: propa¬ gate the Messianic hope- for re¬ demption, Hebrew education and personal ties with Israel."
MB. lOLUTZNICK presented the B'nal B'rith President's Medal for humanitarlanism to Ben Gur¬ ion who responded with the presentation to Mr. Klutznick with a huge filigree goblet on behalf of the people and the gov¬ ernment of Israel.
Mr. Klutznick alao received a magnificent Torah. The ceremon¬ ies took place In the Hebrew Uni¬ veraity Amphitheater which in¬ cluded an artistic and choral per¬ formance and the symbolic burn¬ ing of the mortgage deed on the B'nal B'rith Washington, D.C, headquarters.
At the same aeasion, the dele¬ gates were told that B'nai B'rith is resuming activltlea In Germany with establishment of a lodge in West Berlin 22 years after its lodges were forcibly dissolved by the Nazis. The announoement was made by Dr. Edwin Guggenheim of Zurich, president of the B'nai B'rith district for continental Europe.
Israel Union Voting Vital
CENSUS SHOWS GROWTH
MONTREAL (JTA) — The growth of Jowlsh concentrations In Canadian suburbs was Illus¬ trated In figures releaaed thla week by the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal, show¬ ing a 300 per cent increase In the proportion of Jewish school children in a Montreal suburb since 1954
BY ELIAHU SALPETEB
(Copyright, 1959, JTA, Inc.)
JERUSALEM — About half of Israel's population Is affiliated— directly or through the coopera¬ tive movement—with the Hista¬ drut, Israel'a largest Trade Union Federation. This large percentage la also reflected in the number of members eligible to vote for the Trade Union Council, which la the supreme governing body of the Histadrut elections, which is slightly more than half of the 1.2 million Israelis eligible to vote in the general elections to the Knes¬ set (parliament) this coming autumn.
Thua, when trade unionists went to the polla in the middle of May, pundits and politicians watched the reaulta with double Intereat: First, the outcome of the vote had an Important effect on a mass organization compria¬ ing half of the country'a popula¬ tion In the vital field of labor relatlona; second, auch a large number of votera going to the polls constitutes an ideal sample on which forecaata for the gen¬ eral electiona can be made.
THE SINGLE MOST Impor¬ tant development became clear before the polling was over: The percentage of those who went to the polls waa considerably lower than in the previous Histadrut elections, while in the prevloua elections 88 per cent of the eligi¬ ble membera cast their votes, thia time less than 74 per cent did. This fact. Implying as it doea a lessening of Interest on the part of the votera, is of aigniflcance both for the Histadrut Itself and for the general elections, too.
Small participation almost in¬ variably la beneficial to the smal¬ ler partiea and detrimental to the large parties. Small parties have a relatively wider hard core of active, enthusiastic members, who go to the polls—rain or shine, whereas the larger parties tend to catch a large portion of the votes of the unaffiliated voters.
who are more inclined to atay home when the trend, is toward smaller participation in the elec¬ tions.
¦mUS, IN THE Histadrut elec¬ tions, Mapal attributed the slight decline in strength—from 57.5 per cent to 55.8 per cent of the total vote—to this smaller general par¬ ticipation In the voting. Of the other changes in the vote, the relatively moat marked—but ob¬ jectively not too important be¬ cauae of the amall absolute num¬ ber involved—was the drop of the (Communiat atrength from 4.1 per cent to only 2 per cent.
Ahdut Haavoda party — which stands In between Mapai and the left-wing Mapam—increased from 14.6 per cent to 16.9 per cent, and Mapam Itself showed a alight in¬ crease from 12.5 per cent to 13 per cent. The non-socialist liberal Progressive party Increased from 5.3 per cent to 6.3 per cent, while the other small parties showed smaller or no changes whatso¬ ever.
THE FACT that Mapai retained Its absolute majority, though with a slightly smaller margin appar¬ ently has significance for the coming general elections cam¬ paign. Mapal leaders privately say that It has been shown that "quiet campaigning" means smal¬ ler general participation and therefore less votes for Mapai.
Opposition leaders, on the other hand, claim that the 2 per cent
reduction in Mapal'a strength is Indicative of a trend stemming from the voters' dissatisfaction with the ruling party. They will certainly play up this line, since many undecided votera like to go with the trend.
IT IS VERY likely that the strengthening of Ahdut Haavoda ia indeed a sign of diaaatisfaction with Mapai; Ahdut Haavoda's policy ia only slightly different from Mapal'a and therefore the voter could register his "protest" and still vote for hia old princl- plea. An additional factor in favor of Ahdut Haavoda was the ab¬ sence of Herut artiong the lists: the Herut movement has its own trade union, but many of its un¬ organized supporters are mem¬ bers of the Histadrut.
Since Ahdut Haavoda la more "activist" on Arab matters than Mapal, many Herut supporters in the Histadrut probably voted for Ahdut Haavoda,
SINCE HEBUT did not have its own Mat nor did the religious partiea (except for a amalt Mapai affiliated group) and ainoe the General Zioniata put up a token appearance only, the reaulta of the Hlatadrut electiona cannot be taken as a atraight "preview" of the general electiona.
Moat of all, these elections indi¬ cate a general lessening of voters' participation in elections which' may well be carried over to the coming general elections.
Chronicling The News
Reuven Shiloah was a man who rarely made the headlines, but he played a big role in Israel's history. Read Israel News¬ letter on page 2.
(Co-operation between the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare ITunds and Israel haa been growing steadily. Boris Smolar reports on page 2.
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Editorials 2
(jlolden 6
Society 7
Sports 11
Travel TWk 6
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